Can anyone help me save my PS3?? It died:(

rallyshark

My beloved PS3 has died, and I DON'T have to cash to send it off for repair or buy another one. I have fixed it from overheat before, and believe I have permanently resolved that issue. However, I had something apparently far worse happen to it now

I was in the middle of a firmware update, and had a power failure:eek: Now, it is perpetually stuck trying to finish the update, even if started in safe mode. It will make it to 30%(which is where the power failed), and then give the 80010006 error code. I reinstalled my old 40GB HD and am able to get to the safe mode options with it, but none of them will work.

I think the problem is with the now screwed up firmware on the board? I also tried the battery plug jumper trick, which is supposed to clear the flash memory on the board(atleast that's what I'm told). I know it is "mechanically" fine, but I just can't get past this software issue. Can anyone help here? I would REALLY APPRECIATE any help on this one guys:)

FiveORacing

Not sure how you're connected, but my PS3 gave me fits with updates freezing at 20% 30% etc until I read that you have to disable the UPnP setting in the router settings. After that it breezed through updates.

Sherardp

Sounds like a brick now. Hope you get it worked out.

Systems

Lots of info here, maybe something in there might help...

http://www.edepot.com/playstation3.html

rallyshark

Yeah, it's bricked:( I'm still trying to read up as much as I can, but no luck so far....

rallyshark

Yeah, I tried that. From what I understand, the firmware isn't installed on the HD, but in the memory on the board. In other words, no matter what HD I have in there, I'm still getting no where:( If I could just get past the "software" side on the main board, then I would be good to go. I just haven't been able to figure that part out, and apparently no one else with my specific issue has either. Well, not that I could find in my searches anyway:( I called Sony, but I appear to be past their tech support comfort zone, and they want to send it in, which isn't an option for me:o

cheddar

You are correct that the hard drive is not the main storage area for firmware. It is flash memory reserved for that purpose. Unless there is some user accessible way to get the ps3 to load new firmware from a usb drive, etc., I don't see how you can repair it yourself. It sounds like you no longer have usable firmware in your flash memory as it didn't complete the initial write. So you may not have any other option than to send it in or use it as a paper weight while you save up.

cheddar

From the edepot article above:

The PS3 has 256 megabytes of flash memory to store firmware, using two NAND 128MB Samsung flash chips. The installed firmware data is interleaved between the two flash chips for speed. To prevent errors, Error Correcting Code (ECC) Checksum is added/used on the data in the PS3 flash chips. In newer PS3, a single 16MB Spansion flash chip is used.

cheddar

Continued...so the new ps3s do store firmware on the hard drive, but not the critical boot up data.

Because of the smaller flash chips in later versions, newer firmware versions allow for the firmware data to be partially stored on the harddrive (instead of totally inside the firmware), making the flash purely responsible for holding data involved in the critical booting up process.

rallyshark

Yep, I read that to. I read somewhere that you could remove the battery and jumper the plug for the battery and it would clear the flash memory? Either I did it wrong or it won't work on my particular PS3, because I tried that and it changed nothing:( I just can't justify sending in my 3+ year old PS3 and spending $150 on it. I would rather put that money towards a NEW one. That sounds good in theory, but it ain't helping my Tekken skills,lol! Seriously though, I used my PS3 for music more than anything, and actually played Tekken a lot so I would have something to do while I was enjoying my tunes:D At this point I'm willing to try anything I guess, because I can't make it any worse.